BILL NUMBER: SR 45	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senators Bates, Anderson, Hall, Leno, and Nguyen

                        AUGUST 20, 2015

   Relative to Curing Stomach Cancer Month.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
             HOUSE OR SENATE RESOLUTIONS DO NOT CONTAIN A DIGEST



   WHEREAS, Stomach cancer is among the cancers with the lowest
five-year survival rate; and
   WHEREAS, Out of 24,500 new cases diagnosed each year in the United
States, 11,000 people will die in the first year of diagnosis; and
   WHEREAS, Eighty percent of stomach cancer is diagnosed at stage
IV, which only has a 4 percent five-year survival rate; and
   WHEREAS, It is estimated that more than 72,000 people in the
United States are currently living with stomach cancer; and
   WHEREAS, Stomach cancer has increased by 70 percent in young
adults between 25 and 39 years of age since 1977; and
   WHEREAS, The overall survival rate for stomach cancer is 28
percent and stomach cancer mortality rates have remained relatively
unchanged over the past 30 years; and
   WHEREAS, Stomach cancer continues to be one of the leading causes
of cancer-related death; now, therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Senate of the State of California, That the Senate
designates the month of November 2015 as Curing Stomach Cancer Month
in the State of California; and be it further
   Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate transmit copies of this
resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.